In his latest book, Supernormal – Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities, Dean Radin asks if humankind possesses latent psychic potential, presenting supportive new evidence that, he argues, challenges the assumptions of mainstream science and which suggests an underpinning reality in tune with the insights of the mystic.

Dr. Radin is one of the world’s foremost researchers into psychic phenomena. He is currently Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe and Entangled Minds.

Anthony Peake’s latest book, The Infinite Mindfield – The Quest to Find the Gateway to Higher Consciousness, argues that the inner worlds of the mystic are as real, or more real, than waking reality. In this interview, he discusses the role of the pineal gland in granting access to these worlds and its thousands of years of veneration within various esoteric traditions.

Anthony Peake has authored several books investigating consciousness and reality, probing such topics as déjà vu, the near death experience, the nature of time, the bicameral mind and the out of body experience.

Anthony is also the founder of the ITLAD Walker Group, the discussion group featured in The Eternities, which meets in Liverpool, England, and online.

Ramez Naam is the author of two SF books – Nexus and Crux – dealing with a mind linking nano-drug that he believes theoretically possible. He is also the author of the non-fiction book More Than Human – Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement. He serves on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating Change, is a Senior Associate of the Foresight Institute, is a member of the World Future Society and is a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Roundtable. What are the dangers to humanity as we move into an ever more technologised world? Do we risk the neglect of some latent ‘psycho-spiritual’ dimension? Or could the modern machine world be as natural as everything that has gone before?